‘What an amazing milestone’: Nasa’s James Webb telescope fully deployed in space
The James Webb Space Telescope completed its two-week-long deployment phase on Saturday, unfolding the final mirror panel as it readies to study every phase of cosmic history.
Engineering teams cheered back at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) announced on Twitter that the final wing was deployed.
Final wing is now deployed! Short celebration, but we’ve still got work to do. Engineers are working to latch the wing into place, a multi-hour process. When the final latch is secure, #NASAWebb will be fully unfolded in space. #UnfoldTheUniverse More 📷 https://t.co/n9v3La32ic pic.twitter.com/Mng79UTPRT
— NASA HQ PHOTO (@nasahqphoto) January 8, 2022